Roll Call Vote #137 · 107th Congress · Session 1 · May 22, 2001, 11:42 AM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion to Waive the CBA re: Harkin Amendment No. 727)
Amendment S.Amdt. 727 (To delay the effective date of the reductions in the tax rate relating to the highest rate bracket until the enactment of legislation that ensures the long-term solvency of the social security and medicare trust funds.)
Motion Rejected (45-54, 3/5 majority required)
45 Yea
54 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 50 senators
45 Yea / 5 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 50 senators
0 Yea / 49 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Zell Miller (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Torricelli (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 45
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Jean Carnahan (MO)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- John Edwards (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 54
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- William Frist (TN)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Zell Miller (GA)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 1
- Ted Stevens (AK)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).